3 weeks low calories, high exercise, no weight loss?????

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  • Maxematics
    Maxematics Posts: 2,287 Member
    edited March 2016
    mccindy72 wrote: »
    lstrat115 wrote: »
    rbfdac wrote: »
    Three things- your calorie net may or may not be too low, but I don't have the time to figure it out.

    Second and most import things--- three weeks is hardly enough time to be able to judge your progress. Keep doing what you're doing and then if you haven't lost any weight, body fat OR inches in three MONTHS, then you can start to try to pinpoint what your issue may be.

    Third- take measurements. From your profile, you do not seem to be obese, so your weight is probably not going to jump a whole lot at one time. Use your measurements to track progress.

    KEEP AT IT.
    callsitlikeiseeit wrote: »
    hi. this is a chart. the chart is good. the chart is helpful. read the chart. :P

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    Not a fan of this chart. The "eat less, exercise more" can cause major health issues for some. Eating 1500 a day and burning 900+ in exercise isn't healthy. OP needs to check BMR and TDEE calculators. Chances are his BMR alone is higher than 1500.

    The chart is good information. It's the MFP user's responsibility to research and ensure that the numbers he/shes is using are correct. Knowing what net calories are is important, as is asking questions- many people are told, over and over, to eat back exercise calories. It doesn't say anywhere on this chart not to eat back exercise calories.

    Exactly. Nothing in that chart implies to eat less food while exercising more to create a greater calorie deficit. The chart was created because, to be honest, most people really suck at estimating their food portions. There is post after post here about people who haven't lost weight and in the end it's usually one of the following situations:
    • The person is overestimating their exercise burns, underestimating how much they eat, or some combination which is resulting in canceling out their calorie deficit.
    • The person has an inaccurate/incomplete food log or failed to mention their cheat day once per week in which they canceled out their deficit.
    • The person is being impatient and it's only been a few days.
    • The person is losing weight, but wants to lose at an unrealistic rate of five pounds per week so therefore they're not losing weight in their mind.
    • The person is holding some water weight and freaked out about an overnight scale increase and think they actually gained 1-5 pounds overnight.

    That chart is incredibly useful and gets to the point for most situations.
  • Georgebennett106
    Georgebennett106 Posts: 5 Member
    For all those who say a generic, it is because you are over estimating or underestimating...
    Unless the supermarket is giving me more then they say they are (which i highly doubt) then i cant be far off.
    I am not eating complicated food, in hong kong we tend buy food from veg stall and butchers.
    I havrnt eaten a premade meal in 3 years. We dont eat lots of sauces, which are hard to estimate. All my food is simple, the most complicated thing i have had was last night, i had home made pork and leak dumplings
    The only sauce i eat is home made olive oil based mayonnaise and chili oil.
    Even if i am overestimating my exercise, and underestimating my calorie intake, my estimated deficit is 500-1000 calaories a day off my bmr. I cant imagine how i can be 250+ off my exercise per day and 250+ off my consumption.

    My only explaination is that i am putting on muscle at the same rate as i am losing fat.
    At least i feel a lot healthier..
    I am now going to mix up my exercise,
    Monday, strength training.
    Tuesday running (just did 10k, 58.52mins, a pb)
    Wednesday break
    Thursday swim 1.5km
    Friday soccer. 1hr 15mins.
    Weekend break.

    Lets see how i get on, in the next few weeks/month.

    Thanks all who have been helpful and given some unprejudiced advice.
  • CharlieBeansmomTracey
    CharlieBeansmomTracey Posts: 7,682 Member
    Georgebennett106 wrote: »
    For all those who say a generic, it is because you are over estimating or underestimating...
    Unless the supermarket is giving me more then they say they are (which i highly doubt) then i cant be far off.
    I am not eating complicated food, in hong kong we tend buy food from veg stall and butchers.
    I havrnt eaten a premade meal in 3 years. We dont eat lots of sauces, which are hard to estimate. All my food is simple, the most complicated thing i have had was last night, i had home made pork and leak dumplings
    The only sauce i eat is home made olive oil based mayonnaise and chili oil.
    Even if i am overestimating my exercise, and underestimating my calorie intake, my estimated deficit is 500-1000 calaories a day off my bmr. I cant imagine how i can be 250+ off my exercise per day and 250+ off my consumption.

    My only explaination is that i am putting on muscle at the same rate as i am losing fat.
    At least i feel a lot healthier..
    I am now going to mix up my exercise,
    Monday, strength training.
    Tuesday running (just did 10k, 58.52mins, a pb)
    Wednesday break
    Thursday swim 1.5km
    Friday soccer. 1hr 15mins.
    Weekend break.

    Lets see how i get on, in the next few weeks/month.

    Thanks all who have been helpful and given some unprejudiced advice.

    you said your deficit is 500-1000 calories off your BMR so,then you are eating less than your BMR? which should not be happening. unless you meant less than your TDEE. BMR is what your body burns just by being alive and you shouldnt eat under that.if you are eating less than maintenance calories,I doubt you are building muscle(that happens in a surplus except for newbie gains which will be slight and will taper off,not to mention only weight training once a week isnt going to make that happen).and yes it is possible to be off by 250+ calories a day.especially if you pick incorrect entries or dont weigh your food. how are you measuring your exercise calories burned?
  • kimny72
    kimny72 Posts: 16,011 Member
    OP, in all seriousness, if you have truly been netting between 500-1200 cals per day as a 6' male for 3 weeks and are not starving and losing weight quickly, you should probably see a doctor.

    There is no way you are building muscle rapidly enough to offset the weight you should be losing eating that little. You need to give your body fuel in order for it to build muscle, it can't make muscle out of nothing.

    Any other advice I would give you, you have already dismissed, and have already said a food scale is unnecessary. It wasn't for me, it was a difference maker for me.

    Best of luck, I hope you figure it out.
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